Dorothy Jones

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Dorothy Gearhart writes about Thomas Chamberlaine in her "Early Jones Family of Virginia" article (paraphrased below)":

Mary Wood (daughter of Abraham Wood) was the second wife of Major Thomas Chamberlaine, married at least by 1675 when Abraham Wood named Thomas as his son-in-law in a deed assigning his Kennecock land. Thomas, originally from Gloucester, England, was the son of Edmund Chamberlaine of Maugersbury (d. 1676) whose father was the sheriff of Gloucestershire, Edmund Chamberlaine, Esquire, himself the son of Sir Thomas Chamberlaine, of Prestbury, Gloucestershire, and ambassador during the reigns of Henry VIII through Elizabeth I.

A 1679 document noting Thomas Chamberlaine for four titheables reports that Margaret Powell was his first wife and Mary Wood (daughter of Abraham Wood) was his second wife. In 1686, Thomas Chamberlayne and wife, Mary, conveyed land to George Archer and Joseph Royall that had been inherited from Mary's father Abraham. Thomas Chamberlaine was also sheriff and a major in the Henrico militia. By 1708, he was married to third wife, Elizabeth Stratton, daughter of Edward Stratton and Martha Shippey. Thomas died in 1719, leaving young daughters Elizabeth and Dorothy in need of guardians. Henry Batte took guardianship of Elizabeth Chamberlaine, who in 1727 married Henry's son Henry Jr., while Richard Jones, Jr. became guardian of Dorothy Chamberlaine in 1723 by her choice. She married Peter Jones III. In 1736, Henry Batte and wife Elizabeth Chamberlaine, with Peter Jones, III and his wife Dorothy Chamberlaine, were granted 1600 acres of land in Henrico County on the north side of the Appomattox River known as Cunnecock. [Patent 13 Dec. 1736 to Peter Jones and Dorothy, his wife and Henry Batte and Elizabeth, his wife …beginning at little rocks of the Appamattox, which tract was granted to Abraham Wood for 700 acres by patent Oct. 20, 1648, …the right and title thereof is vested in the said Dorothy and Elizabeth and upon survey lately made same is found to contain 1600 acres]. Soon after, Peter and Dorothy sold their portion to Henry and Elizabeth for ₤500.